Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-03
VERY SOLEMN seen KS
REMOVAL AND RgINTsRMgKT OF
BODIES OF PRIESTS, &C.
Imposing Rites az 81. Peters Cathedral
and ct Mount Calvary Como.
terry Yesterday

Yesterday morning at o'clock ST..
Peters Cathedral was crowded with pcr.
sons Of all denominations Tie high nj.
tar was draped in black, and to those
who visited the place on Tuesday, when
everything looked joyful and happy Cthc
affairs being decorated with LIGHTS and
howers) the contrast was great. Tuesday
the Church celebrated her family festi-
val-the feast Of all saints rcigning in
glory with God. Yesterday she suffered
with her departed children in the flames
OF purgatory, her people offering pray
ers and supplications to God for their
speedy relief She also honored 10 a
special manner the relics of four priests
ard nine rcliGCUac who were inferred in
the old Catholic cemetery near the Ne
Gainesville turnpike, and whose remains
were taken mp and reinterrcd in Mount
Calvary cemetery
TIE sEByIcEa.
The services boganat O'Clock with high
mass with Very lev A. Van de NyvCr,
V. c.. as cclebrant, Rev. f. NJ. Tiemey
as deacon, and Rev. VI. L. Dinncen rs
sub-deacon. Bishop Kcane was on his
throne. with Fathers Fahcy and Cntlor
as priests of honor Brother Michael,
OF the Naverian brothers, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies.
SERMON.
Immediately at the end Of the mass
Bishop Keane preached most eloquent
sermon on the fifteenth chapter OF the
First Epistle Of ST. Paul To- the CORN
thians and the fifth chapter Of the Cos
pei OF st. Luke He spoke with great
feeling and affection OF the dear dead
whose mortal remains were in the hearScs
outside of the Cathedral awaiting to be
borne to their last rostiuPplacc until the
archangel Gabriel Shall sound his
trumpet
At the end of the sermon thc whole
congregation knclt, and the Bishop in
toned the a. Prot"udjs ior the souls in
purgotOTy.
CORTEGI.
The church.bcll then commenced TO |
toll and the funeral cprfD9c-the largest !
ever seen ut the Cathedal-formed on |
Grace street There were six hear,es
containing the relics, all in square eases. /
draped in black In the procession, in |
carriages, were the pall-boarers. Bishop I
Keanc, and the clergy above mentioned !
Revs. Patrick Donohoe and j. l.. Tier |
nan. Of St. Patrick S; altar boys, and |
Sisters Of Charity from the housc
corner of Fourth and Marshall streets
and the one on Twenty fifth street, Lit
Tie Sisters of the Poor, Naycrian bro
theirs, and many others.
CEMETERY.
At the cemetery Il large crowd had
collected around the tombs before the
procession arrived. The altar BOYS.
with the cross and lighted candles. in
ccnse, and holy-wator, made ready for
the ceremonies, and the remains Of the
fourpricsts and Father Andrews mother .
were first brought out of the hearscs.
The procession, headed 10y Bishop 8
keanc. proceeded to the place assigned, ,
and the clergy brought up the Sisters ]
remaiEs to their proper places. The
BishopNes then vested with black cape
and white mitrc and pronounced the j
obsequies. The whole clergy assisted y
CROSS CONSIDERATION.
Next came the conservation of the J
centre of the cross forming the Gene y
terry, where the remains Of the rCigCuSc
were reburied. The ceremony opened /
with the following prayer. ;
80, Almighty God, who ant the guar L
dian Of souls aud the safrkccpcr Of sll- S
walton and the faith Of believers, look
with favor on the duty OF our service t
and Let this cemetery be clcanscd and {
blessed and Sanctificd for our interment, /
that the bodies r,pOsing here after /
death may in the great judgment, to- {
gether with their blissful souls, meIit TO y
attain to the joys of eternal life through
Christ Cur Lord. Amen c
LIrANIEs. 6
After this PRAYER the whole assembly 1
knelt and the Bishop commenced the !.
Litanics of the SAINTS. which were !.
answered by all the r"igcurS present. !.
The psalm NiScrCrc was then rccitcd /,
after which the Bishop proceeded to 4
sprinkle the ground with holy water =,
On his return to the centre he said u
the following prayer:
40 God, who ant the Creator of the II
whole world, and the Redcemer Of Il
mankind, and the perfect Disposor of all Il
creatures, visible aud invisible, with W
prayerful voice and pure heat we :
beseech Thee that thou wouldst deign =
to cleanse and bless and sanctiiy this l
cemetery in which the bodies of thy /
servants and landmarks shall rcpose -,
after the ilCeting course Of this life that -
having through Thy great mercy granted =
them remission of all their sins. Thou y
wouldst bountifully impart TO their i
bodies reposng in this cemetery and :,
waiting the trumpet of the archlnce u
perpetual consolation, though Christ ,
our Lord. Amen u
Whilst the remains were being lowered II
in the tombs the clergy recitod the Psalm :,
Benedictus. =.
The Bishop then. IN company with all 4"
the assembly, recited the &c protwdis, .,
and the ceremonies came to close. - =
THE REINrERRED PRIESTS. q,
The following is a list of those who te
were reinterred yesterday y,
Rev. James Hewitt, the first priest or
dained in the Diocese of Richmond by
Bishop Whoalan in the year 1912. tie
lived only about six months after his ="
ordination.
Rev. Joseph Boohme, a chaplain in n
Of Miss!ssippivolunteers. lie OF
died during the war near Ashland Sc
Rev. Father Donlan, pastor at Frcdc. ~
Died of suustroke on a p'
steamer plying between Washington aud SsuI
Quantico NJ
Rev. Robert Andrews, pastor OF st. W
Patrick church, on Twenty fifth street W
He was n convert to the faith. aud died III
in 1867. IN
Mrs. NJ Andrews Gather Andrews's 50
mother, who on her diving bed cx- th
pressed the desire to be buried next 70 al
her consecrated son. by a special dis cl
pensation her request was granted, and,
as she WAS near her son in the old Gene &C
terry, her remains enjoy the same honor L.
in Mount Calvary. tr
SISTERS or CHARITY. M
Sister Rosalie Green, died November 1t,
25, 1853. I'll
Sister Frauccsco Doyle, died Noyem. to
Der 49, 1854. te
Sister Susanna Richard. died Seplem- ST